Tag Archives: Around my French Table

baked apples

Posted on 10/01/2014 by oneexpatslife

I don’t know where my brain is this week. This past weekend I made the party soups. At some point earlier in the week I realized that I was off and we were actually making Baked Apples. So I bought … Continue reading →

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dressy pasta “risotto”

Posted on 04/01/2014 by oneexpatslife

This week, French Fridays with Dorie introduced a familiar technique to a very different recipe, Dressy Pasta “Risotto”. This recipe also, once again, demonstrated that I need to start paying more attention to Dorie’s punctuation because, despite the quotation marks, … Continue reading →

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dilled gravlax with mustard sauce

Posted on 27/12/2013 by oneexpatslife

Well, it’s official, I can no longer say that I dislike cured salmon. First with Salmon & Potatoes in a Jar, and now with this week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe, Dilled Gravlax with Mustard Sauce, Dorie has slowly won … Continue reading →

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catching up on chestnut-pear soup and potato far

Posted on 22/12/2013 by oneexpatslife

I often find that I have a harder time posting about the recipes which I didn’t enjoy. This, at any rate, is my excuse for why I’m running so late with a few of the November French Fridays with Dorie … Continue reading →

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onion carbonara

Posted on 20/12/2013 by oneexpatslife

What will they think of next? This week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe, Onion Carbonara, sounds like something which would have popped up on a restaurant menu during the Atkins craze. Loaded with fat, no carbs. I never got into … Continue reading →

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French apple sauce

Posted on 08/11/2013 by oneexpatslife

The name of this recipe is Compote de Pommes Two Ways. Basically, Dorie gives us a very basic recipe for apple sauce (way 1), and then tells us that we can just leave it on the stove for another hour … Continue reading →

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hurry up and wait roast chicken

Posted on 01/11/2013 by oneexpatslife

Bring on November. I’m so ready. The holidays start on November 11th here in Germany and we are already looking forward to our Martin’s goose. The menus is always exactly the same: goose, red cabbage, potato dumplings, and chestnuts. It’s … Continue reading →

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_______ fish with frilly herb salad

Posted on 28/10/2013 by oneexpatslife

My work travel schedule has quieted to a dull roar and I am bound and determined to get back into the kitchen and get caught up on my French Fridays with Dorie cooking before the holiday madness hits. Honestly, if … Continue reading →

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boeuf a la mode

Posted on 22/10/2013 by oneexpatslife

Over the course of cooking through an entire cookbook, one gets to know the author a little through her recipes. I have never had the pleasure of meeting Dorie, but after cooking over 150 of her recipes, I’ve learned a … Continue reading →

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caramel-almond custard tart

Posted on 18/10/2013 by oneexpatslife

Why is the last day of vacation so sad? For the last two and a half weeks I have been visiting friends and family in the US, with two teenage nephews in tow who had never been to the States … Continue reading →

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